Every country has its heroes. They may be soldiers, sports people, doctors or film stars. We admire them for their courage, their strength, or their devotion to duty .Their examples inspire us to live better and to work harder.

Terry Fox was a young student who loved life. He was a sports fan. When he was just 18 years old, a terrible event happened: his right leg had to be cut off because of cancer. Such an experience would have destroyed a weaker person—but Terry Fox was a fighter. He refused to give up. Instead, while he was recovering from the operation, an idea slowly formed in his mind. He decided he would run across Canada, in order to raise money for cancer research.

Slowly and carefully, he began to train. Every step was extremely painful, but he insisted on increasing the distance covered day by day. Sixteen months later, in the spring of 1980, he was ready for the long journey across Canada—his Marathon of Hope. His every step was extremely painful ,but he insisted on increasing the distance covered day by day. It was a time of inspiration and heart-breaking emotion. Through television, every home saw his particular way of running, a kind of half-hop and half-run. Thousands of people lined the route to encourage him and to wish him well. They also gave him money to fight cancer. Then, on Sep. 1st, 1980, after 143 days and more than 5,000 kilometers completed, everything came to an end. Terry had to stop. He lived on for another nine months and died on June 18 th, 1981. He was almost 23.

1. Terry decided to run across Canada ______.

 A. because he wanted to tell the public that he was a fighter

 B. to win people’s admiration

 C. to collect money for cancer research

 D. to earn some money for cure for his leg

2. Which of the following statement is wrong?

 A. The idea came to him when he was recovering from his operation.

 B. He increased the amount of training day by day.

 C. He covered over 5,000 kilometers in the journey.

 D. Terry practiced 9 months before he began his journey.

3. Which of the following can best describe Terry’s character?

 A. Devoted and discouraged      B. Brave and determined

 C. Attractive and romantic        D. Patient and careful

4. Terry’s journey began in ______.

     A. April; 1980      B. March; 1980       C. May; 1981       D. June; 1980

We admire this family, ______ the parents treat their child like a friend.

A. why         B. which         C. where         D. that

第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当

形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为31~40的相应位置。

Good afternoon, principal, teachers and all students．It is my   31      to be here to give a talk to all of you．I have studied in this school for five years．In these five years, I learned one precious thing important not only to me  32       to all of you here, and it is “reading”．I can always gain knowledge from reading．Reading doesn’t not  33       up a lot of time but I gain a lot．Now I would like to share my reading experiences with you．

I once read a book Rare Air: Michael on Michael  34       by the greatest basketball player in the history, Michael Jordan．While we envy his great achievement in the basketball and business aspects, few of us focus on his spirit of persistence．In the book, he talks about his experience of how he walks on the   35       of success．In order to join the NBA, he put in every effort to strengthen his muscle, to improve his skills  36      training hard．Because of his efforts, he successfully entered the NBA．

However, he did not stop his training．   37         , the training was even stricter,        38          prepared him to deny the statement released by the public, ‘Michael is a weak guy!’ While the criticism against him diminished（减弱；变小）, he worked even harder to achieve his next goal — the championship of the NBA．Finally, he succeeded．

People honor Michael as ‘God of basketball’ not only for his great basketball skills, but mainly for his spirit of persistence．While we admire his spirit, we can follow his spirit as well．Michael should be our example; we ought to learn from him．As long as we work hard,    39        is impossible．Bear in mind that all of you have the same quality．Nobody is born wise．Putting in effort is the only but effective way to advancement．My fellow schoolmates, before I go, I would like to encourage all of you that we should work as hard as we  40      ．When you grow up, you may be the one who is admired by the community．My fellow schoolmates, let’s work hard together! Work for our future! Thank you．

单词拼写（本题共10题，1-5题每题空1分，6-10题每空0.5分，共10分）

根据句子所给单词的首字母或中文意思，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词正确的完全形式（每空限一词）。

1.Heavy rains have a_______ the life of about 680,000 people in Hunan province.  

2.We admire her for she has a g________ for singing and dancing. 

3.To live a long and healthy life,we must learn to have a b_________ diet.

4.As is known to all, smoking is h_________ to our health.

5.This hotel r________ me of the one we stayed in last year.

6.We should ______  ____ (依靠) our parents before we become grow-ups.

7.He _____  _____ on (瞧不起) anyone who hasn't had a college education.

8. When the fire _____  ____ (爆发)，I was reading an interesting book.

9.Super-parents Gil and Kelly Bates, from America, love babies so much that they already have ____  ______ (抚养)18 children.   

10.After they married, they ______ ______  (定居) in a small village, leading a quiet life.

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We admire her ______ her bravery.